The Novice Alchemist's Store

"- I mean, Lorea, do you have any good ideas?

"As far as I'm concerned, I think what Mr. Sarasa is making right now is good enough,"

"This? A water pump?

What I'm making now is Artifact, an smelter that automatically pumps up water, from wells to kitchens to bathrooms.

I'm sure it's convenient...

"But not many houses have wells, right?

"... it was. Even if it sells, a few."

Besides, I use magic in plain sight.

Naturally, I know that with regard to the three Lorea, Iris and Kate who use this in our company, it would be fine if it were to this extent of magic.

But if you're going to attach it to a common well, it should still be available to anyone.

There are some people who have little magic, too.

"Or incorporate the Demon Crystal Stone, but then it gets higher..."

"Uh-huh, about that, I don't think you mind if someone can't use it. Normally, someone in the family would be able to use it, and it would be nice if that person went for a water draw, wouldn't it?

"... I see, that's the way you think about it, isn't it?

I hear Lorea thought differently than I did.

When I say 'use magic plain', for the majority of people that amount is not enough to deplete magic.

Especially in the case of this village, other smelters, such as Mr. Dilal, use artifacts, are some of the poles.

Just because you have less magic, you will have little trouble.

If I'm going to mention the difficulty, it's going to be difficult for people who live alone and have no magic, but about that, is there a problem with this village?

There seems to be very few people living alone, and everything is easy to do, just ask someone nearby to get the water out of the village because everyone knows each other.

"No, but wait...?

What if only one of the brothers could use it?

Only one of them is allowed to pump water, and I, the kid, don't resent me?

- Lorea gave me a slightly frightened gaze when I said it.

"I care too much. If it makes it easier to suck it up, all you have to do is carry it. Why don't you come with me and carry it?"

"That too, isn't it?

Me, my only son. The lack of such experience was exposed.

Even in the orphanage, the day-to-day tasks such as water pumping were left to manpower...... Master, did you deliver the money properly?

For once, I'm asking my master to pay for the materials I send, 10% of which go to the orphanage.

When I can make more money, I just want to return it with Don.

I think most of my contemporaries who cooperated directly with me graduated from the hospital, but the dean took care of me, and the hard work of the last generation makes it the orphanage that makes donations to the next generation.

"If we're going to install it in a joint well... why don't we sell it to the village chief?

It's the village chief's job to pay for what's going on around there, isn't it?

But it looks like I distributed the money I paid to the villagers, and maybe I can't afford much.

Even so, it doesn't feel like a luxury, this village.

"Oh, well, next time, I'll ask you something. If you have a pulse, I'll let you know."

"Is it good?

"Yes, I'm a clerk in this store, too, and I wouldn't be hesitant to talk to you more than Sarasa would."

"Maybe there is. Then, please."

"Understood."

Having then installed the finished suction machine in the well, I install a water pipe in the kitchen and bathroom to make sure it is properly sucked up to work on the next smelter, Artifact.

Rust, refrigerator and freezer in kitchen smelter (artifact) series.

It's two things while I say last, but the only difference between these two is how much cooling power you set, so it's pretty much the same thing as an object.

Well, because of the different uses, the freezer is smaller.

"The size, should I ask Lorea's opinion? Lorea, how much better?

"Well... even if they ask me that, I've never used it..."

"That too, huh? I don't know how much food to store..."

In a way, if it's bigger, there's likely to be something in it that's as big as it is.

If you could just go into the woods and hunt even one of the pigs, a small freezer would bury them easily, and if you want to hunt bears or something, you'd want a freezer about a small room.

If you can cool it, you can also afford to process alchemy material... Oh, no, can't that be done?

Because there are a lot of ingredients to put in with food that are a little...

"Mr. Sarasa, why don't you just think from where you put it? Because the size you can put in the kitchen is limited."

"Oh, that's Lorea. Housewife eyes, huh?

"I'm not a housewife, but it's where I mainly use it."

"Yeah, yeah. Lorea's cooking is very helpful."

Our meals have been handmade by Lorea every meal since the Magic Guided Stove and Oven were installed.

Of course, I'm no match for Mr. Dilal's cooking arm, but at least it's tastier than I make, so nothing's wrong.

The Iris and the others seemed the same, and did not speak out of dissatisfaction.

Most importantly, it's cheaper than going to eat at Mr. Dilal's.

"Well, let's measure it!

As a matter of fact, there is quite a bit of free space in the kitchen.

What I have is about a table or chair, and later about a crate with recently added ingredients.

The dishes are still washed and dried and left out... maybe I should order a cupboard or something?

"Think about it..."

Space to place cupboards, refrigerator and freezer.

Taking into account my height and that of Lorea.

"Let's make it about 150 cm tall and two-on-one with a fridge and freezer as tall as mine. What do you say?

"Uh... maybe it's good?

Lorea nods vaguely as to whether it is difficult to judge just the smelter Artifact she has never used.

"Am I not in the way? Let's go."

If the function of the refrigerator is to be roughly divided, it will be the cooling part, the insulating part, and the outer frame part.

The first two are made of alchemy, so naturally as I do, the last outer frame part is a complete woodworking product.

There is no difference from regular cabinets except that thick plates are used to create no gaps.

"As I ask Mr. Geberg for the outer frame..."

I can make it myself, but given the hassle of getting wood for furniture and the number of tools I have, I'm sure it would be better to ask a professional.

Don't worry if you can do it, Mr. Geberg.

"What about the core part of the cooling section? Do you honestly want to use the Demon Crystal Stone or something else..."

"There are many different ways to make it?

"Yeah, well, not as many as there are, but mostly there are about two. Because if there's only one kind, you just don't get one material, and you can't make it."

Usually the most efficient way to make it, but for example, if you don't have a substitute for the smelting drug Potion, which deals with illnesses, you don't feel safe.

Anyway, in a city like Wang Du, in a country like this, you don't always get the materials you need right away.

Of course, it's a substitute, so I have problems with extra costs and slightly inferior effects.

"This time the core part to be cooled. The most versatile way to make it is to use the Demon Crystal Stone, but the problem is that the Demon Crystal Stone is expensive and it takes a lot of work. 'Cause we need some finishing touches to make the Demonic Crystal Stone have cooling."

Circuits drawn when creating the Magic Instruction Stove.

Just like that circuit, I need to draw a circuit for cooling.

"The other is how to utilize materials that originally have ice attributes. This one is much easier. Generally speaking, it's cheaper than Demon Crystal. Where you can get it."

"This village?

"I'm probably supposed to get ice tooth bat fangs... they've never been brought in before. So I was worried about what to do."

If I even put it out on a recruiting sticker in the store, will someone get it?

Or should I go get it myself?

If I'm just waiting, I don't know what time it will be...

"In the meantime, why don't you ask the Kates?

"... right, let's do that"

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"Ice Tooth Bat?

"Yes, don't you know?

"I... Iris, you know?

"Mm, I'm sorry, I don't know"

At dinner time, I asked the two of them, and that was the answer they gave me back.

"Is that what you get near this village in the Great Tree Sea... no?

"Yes, there should be a cave not too far from this village, but I hear it lives there"

"There's something like that... we haven't either."

"Because it's still shallow to be here, us. Mr. Andre, would the veterans know?

"Probably, I know... no, what do you think? Maybe if I knew, I'd be bringing it in?

Due to its nature, ice tooth bat fangs are a slightly higher price material this time of year when it gets hot, and if you do well, you can make quite a bit of money.

It's not hard to collect, and if you knew, you'd be here to sell it, normally.

"Mr. Store Manager, do you want me to call in Mr. Andre and the others tomorrow morning?

"Hmm, I feel sorry to have you come all the way..."

"It won't be a problem there. If you're going to work, it won't be too much trouble to stop by this shop."

"Really? Then if Mr. Andre and the others are going to say it's good, please. You can't force me, can you?

"Oh, I'll take care of it"

To my words, Mr. Iris nodded forcefully.

The next morning, while Mr. Iris and the others were calling for Mr. Andre, I worked in flyer making.

"'Seeking, Ice Tooth Bat Tooth' all the time"

Write the title further, and then also describe how and where you can collect it.

The Iris guys didn't seem to know either, and if more people read this and go pick it up, it would help even as far as I'm concerned.

Having put that flyer on the bulletin board, I look at it and think a little.

The only thing on there is the bad alchemist's attention to the matter and the flyer I just made.

I couldn't even afford much, so I stayed put...

"Shall we increase our recruitment some more? Uh..." Seeking, the whole body of the spiteworm ""

"What kind of stuff do you use that for?

Beside me making flyers, Lorea has asked me intriguingly, so I will briefly explain.

"I can use a lot of things, but I'm thinking about it now as a material for a bug repellent veil, right? I thought I'd sell it to farmers. The insect repellent we're selling is a bit expensive."

"Oh, that's good. I don't do much farming, but I still suffer from insects in the summer."

"Vail, so the range is narrow, but for that matter, it can be cheaper, so would you recommend it?

Lorea, while talking properly, add caution to the flyer.

"'Caution, if you have scratches on the lower half, you can't buy them,' he said."

What you need as a material is an organ in the lower body of the spite worm.

It's completely pointless to have a scratch on here, and even I'm tough when they tell me to do it in the woods to just take it out intact.

So it's safest to have them bring the whole thing.

It's not that big of a bug.

There must be various habitats, so there is no particular description.

Explain the appearance... don't you need it?

"... yeah, that's good"

Spite worm flyers are also added with pettiness.

Write a halfway explanation, and I have trouble with people who don't know Spite Worm bringing in the wrong stuff, and if you don't, don't know, where I want you to study.

If you are a collector.

If you study about other materials, there will be more kinds that will be brought in, because as a gatherer, you earn more and are a good thing.

The problem is that the books used to study are expensive and cannot be bought that way.

So regular collectors get taught by seniors to increase their knowledge.

- Uh-huh, buy it in my store, lend it... it could be stolen, so should I be able to browse it in the store or something?

Materials that the gatherer will increase by acquiring knowledge, the profit of the store from my buying it, and the costs necessary to align the books.

The troubling part about whether it fits the bill.

So far, I wonder if it's reasonable enough to stick a flyer like this.

As I looked at the bulletin board and thought about it, the store door opened and a wild voice sounded.